union

Definitions of union in various dictionaries:

noun - an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer

noun - the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)

noun - the act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes

noun - the state of being joined or united or linked

noun - the state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce)

noun - healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones

noun - a political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations

noun - a set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets

noun - the occurrence of a uniting of separate parts

noun - a device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner)

noun - the act of making or becoming a single unit

adj - being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War

adj - of trade unions

The act of uniting or the state of being united.

A combination so formed, especially an alliance or confederation of people, parties, or political entities for mutual interest or benefit.

A set, every member of which is an element of one or another of two or more given sets.

Agreement or harmony resulting from the uniting of individuals; concord.

The state of matrimony; marriage: “The element that was to make possible such a union was trust in each other’s love” (Kate Chopin).

Sexual intercourse.

A combination of parishes for joint administration of relief for the poor in Great Britain.

A workhouse maintained by such a union.

A labor union.

A coupling device for connecting parts, such as pipes or rods.

A device on a flag or an ensign, occupying the upper inner corner or the entire field, that signifies the union of two or more sovereignties.

An organization at a college or university that provides facilities for recreation; a student union.

A building housing such facilities.

Of or relating to a labor union or labor union organizing: the union movement; union negotiations.

noun - a number of persons, parties, or political entities united for a common purpose

UNION - Union is the state of being united or joined. Union may also refer to:...